This chapter starts out with Krakauer describing a letter that the offices of Outside magazine recieved regarding the article relating to Chris. The letter was recieved by Krakauer because he wrote the article. This letter was written by an 80 year old man named Ronald Franz. Ron Franz lived in Salton City and went through rough times in his life. He lost his family to a drunk driver and turned to drinking. When he stopped drinking he tried to adopt children. One day Ron picked Chris up and the two became very close. Ron took Chris to his camp in Oh-My-God Hot Springs. Chris would come in to town for materials periodically and Ron's fondness of Chris kept increasing. Ron treated Chris like a son and when Chris said he had to go to San Diego to find work Ron offered to give Chris money. However Chris refused, but Ron drove him out to San Diego. Some time later Chris came back to Salton City to prepare to go back to Carthage to work for Wayne Westerberg. When Ron dropped Chris off half way to Carthage it was the last he ever saw him. Ron received postcards from Chris and Chris kept telling Ron to leave his lifestyle and try living in nature. Years later Ron picked up two hitchikers and while they were talking they informed Ron that Chris died while in Alaska. This information devestated Ron and he ended up going Athiest, taking Chris's advice, and going back to drinking.
Chapter 7
In this chapter we learn about Chris's stay with Wayne. Wayne had an open job so Chris, who needed money, was back in Carthage working for Wayne. Wayne introduced Chris to his girlfriend Gail Borah. Gail and Chris became very good friends during his stay with Wayne. We also learn about Chris's social life during this chapter. Chris has never had any known girlfriend, and his sister, Carine said that she was the only girl she knew of that Chris danced with. During this chapter Chris talks about his relationship with his family. As we already know he didn't have a very good relationship with his parents, but we learn he had a great relationship with his sister Carine. Two nights before Chris left he met with Wayne's mother and had dinner. She didn't like many of Wayne's workers, but she also became very attached to Chris. The last night before Chris left for Alaska Chris, Wayne, and the crew threw a large party. The next day, April 15, Chris left for Alaska. Rod Wolf one of Waynes workers drove Chris to Interstate 94, and it was the last time Wayne and his crew ever saw Chris. Chris sent them postcards to stay in touch, and eventually on one of Chris's postcards Chris said that Wayne will not be hearing from him ever again. He sent a similar letter to Jan and Bob Burres and it was the last they heard of him.
Chapter 8
Krakauer starts this chapter by telling us a few examples of the many negative letters he received regarding Chris. The letters said that there was nothing positive about Chris's adventure, and that he was over the edge. Later in the chapter, we learn that there were several other people just like Chris. For example, there was a countercultural idealist and vietnam vet who both went into the wild and died. Then Krackauer gets more specific when he describes Gene Rosellini. Gene wanted to see if humans could strictly live off the land with no outside help. He came to the conclusion that it was impossible for humans to do this. He then wanted to walk around the world, but he committed suicide and to this day nobody knows why. We also learn about John Waterman. When John was a boy his father took him rock climbing and John ended up doing climbs himself when he grew older. However, many said John was crazy and wasn't all there. This is possibly because of his tough childhood. When John was a teenager his parents divorced, and his father never allowed contact between them again. Later in his life John climbed to the top of Mt. Hunter. After this achievement he wanted to climb to the highest point of Denali. In his first attempt he ended up quitting, in his second attempt he lost his equipment in a fire, and again on his third attempt he quit. On his fourth attempt going in with barely any equipment John never came back. Finally, the last McCandless type we meet in this chapter is Carl McCunn. He was a photograpgher that wanted to go Fort Yukon for about a month get some good pictures and come back. However McCunn never scheduled a ride out of his camp and he ran low on supplies. One day a plane flew by, but McCunn not knowing raising one arm meant he was okay, raised just one arm instead of two so the pilot of the plane figured he was safe. With very little food and supplies McCunn froze to death that winter.
Chapter 9
This chapter focuses on one McCandless type and his name was Everett Ruess. Not much had been known about his journey, but he is very similar to Chris because of his love for nature. His respect for the wild is most likely why he left civilization. Everett stayed at an art school one summer when he went on his first trip. After that summer Everett returned home and got his diploma. After getting his diploma he decided to become a tramp. Everett wrote many letters claiming he will stay in the wilderness. Everett loved danger and he would climb dangerous mountains, and get invlolved in anything that involved danger. He also changed his name like Chris. First he changed his name to Lan Rameau. Then he changed his name to Evert Rulan. However in Davis Gulch the last known location of Everett he carved NEMO into the walls twice. Over all the time searching nothing has been solved about Everett's mystery. Many people think he was murdered or he fell off a cliff, but Ken Sleight who has spent years ivestigating the mystery thinks Everett drowned in the Colorado River. At the end of this chapter Everett and Chris are related to the papar. The papar were monks that traveled from Ireland to across the ocean not knowing what they would find. This is like Chris and Everett because they both travel the wild not knowing what will happen.
This chapter starts out with Krakauer describing a letter that the offices of Outside magazine recieved regarding the article relating to Chris. The letter was recieved by Krakauer because he wrote the article. This letter was written by an 80 year old man named Ronald Franz. Ron Franz lived in Salton City and went through rough times in his life. He lost his family to a drunk driver and turned to drinking. When he stopped drinking he tried to adopt children. One day Ron picked Chris up and the two became very close. Ron took Chris to his camp in Oh-My-God Hot Springs. Chris would come in to town for materials periodically and Ron's fondness of Chris kept increasing. Ron treated Chris like a son and when Chris said he had to go to San Diego to find work Ron offered to give Chris money. However Chris refused, but Ron drove him out to San Diego. Some time later Chris came back to Salton City to prepare to go back to Carthage to work for Wayne Westerberg. When Ron dropped Chris off half way to Carthage it was the last he ever saw him. Ron received postcards from Chris and Chris kept telling Ron to leave his lifestyle and try living in nature. Years later Ron picked up two hitchikers and while they were talking they informed Ron that Chris died while in Alaska. This information devestated Ron and he ended up going Athiest, taking Chris's advice, and going back to drinking.
Chapter 7
In this chapter we learn about Chris's stay with Wayne. Wayne had an open job so Chris, who needed money, was back in Carthage working for Wayne. Wayne introduced Chris to his girlfriend Gail Borah. Gail and Chris became very good friends during his stay with Wayne. We also learn about Chris's social life during this chapter. Chris has never had any known girlfriend, and his sister, Carine said that she was the only girl she knew of that Chris danced with. During this chapter Chris talks about his relationship with his family. As we already know he didn't have a very good relationship with his parents, but we learn he had a great relationship with his sister Carine. Two nights before Chris left he met with Wayne's mother and had dinner. She didn't like many of Wayne's workers, but she also became very attached to Chris. The last night before Chris left for Alaska Chris, Wayne, and the crew threw a large party. The next day, April 15, Chris left for Alaska. Rod Wolf one of Waynes workers drove Chris to Interstate 94, and it was the last time Wayne and his crew ever saw Chris. Chris sent them postcards to stay in touch, and eventually on one of Chris's postcards Chris said that Wayne will not be hearing from him ever again. He sent a similar letter to Jan and Bob Burres and it was the last they heard of him.
Chapter 8
Krakauer starts this chapter by telling us a few examples of the many negative letters he received regarding Chris. The letters said that there was nothing positive about Chris's adventure, and that he was over the edge. Later in the chapter, we learn that there were several other people just like Chris. For example, there was a countercultural idealist and vietnam vet who both went into the wild and died. Then Krackauer gets more specific when he describes Gene Rosellini. Gene wanted to see if humans could strictly live off the land with no outside help. He came to the conclusion that it was impossible for humans to do this. He then wanted to walk around the world, but he committed suicide and to this day nobody knows why. We also learn about John Waterman. When John was a boy his father took him rock climbing and John ended up doing climbs himself when he grew older. However, many said John was crazy and wasn't all there. This is possibly because of his tough childhood. When John was a teenager his parents divorced, and his father never allowed contact between them again. Later in his life John climbed to the top of Mt. Hunter. After this achievement he wanted to climb to the highest point of Denali. In his first attempt he ended up quitting, in his second attempt he lost his equipment in a fire, and again on his third attempt he quit. On his fourth attempt going in with barely any equipment John never came back. Finally, the last McCandless type we meet in this chapter is Carl McCunn. He was a photograpgher that wanted to go Fort Yukon for about a month get some good pictures and come back. However McCunn never scheduled a ride out of his camp and he ran low on supplies. One day a plane flew by, but McCunn not knowing raising one arm meant he was okay, raised just one arm instead of two so the pilot of the plane figured he was safe. With very little food and supplies McCunn froze to death that winter.
Chapter 9
This chapter focuses on one McCandless type and his name was Everett Ruess. Not much had been known about his journey, but he is very similar to Chris because of his love for nature. His respect for the wild is most likely why he left civilization. Everett stayed at an art school one summer when he went on his first trip. After that summer Everett returned home and got his diploma. After getting his diploma he decided to become a tramp. Everett wrote many letters claiming he will stay in the wilderness. Everett loved danger and he would climb dangerous mountains, and get invlolved in anything that involved danger. He also changed his name like Chris. First he changed his name to Lan Rameau. Then he changed his name to Evert Rulan. However in Davis Gulch the last known location of Everett he carved NEMO into the walls twice. Over all the time searching nothing has been solved about Everett's mystery. Many people think he was murdered or he fell off a cliff, but Ken Sleight who has spent years ivestigating the mystery thinks Everett drowned in the Colorado River. At the end of this chapter Everett and Chris are related to the papar. The papar were monks that traveled from Ireland to across the ocean not knowing what they would find. This is like Chris and Everett because they both travel the wild not knowing what will happen.
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